Specifications

70 Optimizing IBM Netfinity Servers for SAP R/3 and Windows NT
Note: The partition size should range from 300 MB to no greater than 2000
MB for FAT partitions, and from 300 MB to no greater than 4000 MB for NTFS
partitions. We recommend a partition size of 4000 MB for the SAP installation.
16.When prompted for the partition, select the less than 4 GB partition that was
created previously.
17.Select FAT file system or NTFS file system and press Enter to format the
installation partition.
18.Specify an installation directory and press Enter (the default is C:\WINNT).
19.Press Enter to allow Setup to check your hard drive, or Esc to skip the
examination.
20.Setup then copies files to your hard drive.
21.Remove the Windows NT Server CD-ROM and the IBM ServeRAID and
ServeRAID II Device Driver Diskette from the drives when prompted and press
Enter to reboot the server.
22.The system runs the Windows NT kernel and may then run chkdsk. It converts
the file system to NTFS and reboots a second time.
23.Reinsert the Windows NT Server CD-ROM when prompted and press Enter at
the Windows NT Setup screen.
24.Press Enter in the Windows NT Setup window.
25.Enter your name and organization and press Enter.
26.Enter your CD Key, located on the back of the CD jewel box, and press Enter.
27.Enter your number of users per server or click per seat and press Enter.
28.Select the server name and press Enter.
29.Select Stand-Alone Server as the server type.
If you installed more than two processors the Windows NT
kernel is loaded it recognize only two system processors in this
step . This is a normal situation also if there four processors are
installed in the system.
System Processors
For performance and security reasons, SAP does not
recommend that you install an R/3 database server or R/3
application server on a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or a
Backup Domain Controller (BDC).
Note